You asked me about questions, so here goes.
i would like to know the parentage of Jane Josephine Burns to add to the family tree, and more especially if there exists any photographs of her and Alfred G. Jalland that i could have a copy of.
I have not found a photograph of James Poole Wagstaff so far.
Does your cousin know what happened to his aunt between, say for example, 1911 and 1935 when she died?
I would have presumed that any part of the Wagstaff fortune which was left in 1935, would have gone to the male heirs of James Wagstaff.
To be honest, anything that your cousin cares to share with me would be splendid. I can still hardly believe that after all these years information is coming up.
i am now wondering what happened to the adopted daughter - the name of Wagstaff suggests that the child was adopted after James's death in 1903 and before Josephine reverted to her real married name, Jalland.
Have you been to Eastbourne, and is there a gravestone in the cemetary? I certainly will have to visit the place for myself as soon as I can.
James was not Catholic, but a member of the Church of England.
From what I understand of Mrs Jalland, and of the good works that she did, certainly in Potton if not elsewhere, that she was in fact responsible for providing the funds for your relative to buy the house in Ireland. She was known in the district as "Lady Bountiful".
Best wishes,
Roger.
With best wishes,